Rail-joint.



P. L. EVANS.

BAIL JOINT.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 21, 1907.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

j w W Mfim FRANK L. EVANS, OF WARSAW, INDIANA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

' Application filed Kay 21, 1907. Serial No. 374,863.

To alt whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. EVANS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Warsaw, in the county of Kosciusko and State of Indiana, have invented new and -useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide reliable and eflicient means for holding the meeting ends of railway rails to prevent spreading, sinking or creeping of the rails.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rail splice consisting of two members forming a chair for the rail ends and an.

angle bar connected to the chair, and said two members being bolted to the rails.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail joint made in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 is-a sectional view on the 'line 22, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view looking at the bottom of the chair, and connected angle bar.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numerals 1 designate the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails of the usual construc tion, and 2 is the rail chair member of my splice, said member comprising the fish plate flange 3, the flange '-i which extends over the base flange of the rail, and a bottom member 5 which extends under the base flange of the rail. The bottom member 5 is provided near one edge thereof with a series of apertures 6, the walls of which being flared in opposite directions, as shown. The angle bar vmember 7 of the joint comprises the vertical flange or fish plate portion 8, the outwardly extending flange 9 which is provided with a longitudinal rib or bearing 10 on its inner side which bears against the top of the base flange of the rail, and at the outer edge of said angle bar a series of lugs 11 are provided, said lugs adapted toengage the apertures 6 in the outer edge of the bottom 5 of the rail chair, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, said angle bar being then brought against the web portion of the rail ends, and bolts 12 are passed through the angle bar, the web portion of the rail, and the fish plate portion 3 of the rail chair, and firmly connected in place by means of nuts 13.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a rail joint made in accordance with my invention is of comparatively simple construction, is composed of few parts, will firmly hold the ends of the rails againstmovement in any direction, and can be quickly applied without the use of special tools.

Having thus described the invention. what: I claim is:

A rail joint comprising a chair member having a fish plate portion and an integral bottom, said bottom having a series of apertures near its outer edge, the side walls of the apertures being flared in opposite directions, in combination with an angle bar comprising the other fish plate, a longitudinally disposed rail engaging rib carried by a portion of said angle bar, and a plurality of depending and outwardly extending lugs carried by the angle bar and disposed with portions in the apertures and with portions beneath the bottom of the chair member.

In testimony whereof, 1 afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I FRANK L. EVANS. Witnesses A. G. \Voon, A. M. HARDMAN. 

